Purely Organic Conducting Polymers for Energy Storage

Startup PolyJoule has developed a safe, non-lithium-based stationary energy storage system designed specifically for the electrical grid. It is capable of providing flexible, safe power assets that handle peak loads and time shift.
An array of blue batteries clustered together shown from the front and above. (Image: Adobe Stock, edited by MIT ISN)

An array of batteries similar in appearance to those produced by PolyJoule. (Image: Adobe Stock, edited by MIT ISN)

Startup PolyJoule has developed a safe, non-lithium-based energy storage system designed specifically for the electrical grid and that is capable of providing flexible, safe power assets that handle peak loads and time shift. PolyJoule Power Cells can respond to both base loads and peak loads in microseconds, allowing the same battery system to potentially participate in multiple power markets and deployment use cases.

Derived from research by MIT Professors Tim Swager and Ian Hunter on nanostructured conductive polymers — organic compounds that can behave like metals — PolyJoule Power Cells can respond to both base and peak loads in microseconds, allowing the same battery system to potentially participate in a variety of use cases.

Commercial and industrial installations can provide stable, constant power in a wide variety of environmental and weather conditions; utilities can store power during times of low demand to be available during spikes in need; renewable energy providers like solar arrays and wind farms can collect and store energy when conditions are optimal for distribution when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing; and large-scale datacenters can use PolyJoule equipment to provide secure and reliable power to critical systems.